'The End We Start From' director Mahalia Belo on making her Jodie Comer starring debut feature

Jan 23, 2024

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'The End We Start From' director Mahalia Belo chats with Dom Lenoir about making he Jodie Comer starring debut feature and why cinema is a healing machine.

Mahalia discusses screening at Toronto and the feeling of releasing a movie to audiences.

Adapting a novel, working with a screenwriter Alice Birch & collaborations.

Trying to keep an emotional truth within storytelling.

Writing letters to cast potentials. Useful or not? The push and pull between cast and financial .

Working with babies . Working with cinematographer Susie Lavelle and flooding a set. Music and score

And why even after a Sundance and BIFA success there are difficulties for filmmakers and nothing is an instant success story.

The End we Start From is OUT NOW in CINEMAS

Produced by Liza Marshall who's excellent episode on TFP you can listen to here

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Big thank you to:

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